Exploration: LIVE! *SOLD OUT!*
2025-05-02 19:00 (America/New_York) | The Rockwell
Exploration: LIVE!
Brooklyn comics Charlie Bardey and Natalie Rotter-Laitman (two of Vulture Magazine’s “Comedians You Should and Will Know”) of the cult hit podcast Exploration: LIVE! make their Boston debut. The show is part stand up, part riffing, and, honestly, really funny.

This event is 21+ // Valid ID required for ENTRY
Doors 6:00 PM
Show 7:00 PM
Tickets $20 adv / $25 day of
UNFORTUNATELY, THERE IS NO LATE SEATING.
Seating begins 30-60 minutes before show time. We sit center and front sections first, side sections last. If you want a central seat, please arrive early. Show will begin no later than 15 minutes after showtime. No refunds for late entry.
NO REFUNDS, ONLY EXCHANGES FOR SHOW CREDIT
Wheelchair Accessibility: Please call the host at (617) 628-4444 to let you in through the elevator in The Gorin Building.

Exploration: LIVE!
2025-05-02 21:30
Exploration: LIVE!
Brooklyn comics Charlie Bardey and Natalie Rotter-Laitman (two of Vulture Magazine’s “Comedians You Should and Will Know”) of the cult hit podcast Exploration: LIVE! make their Boston debut. The show is part stand up, part riffing, and, honestly, really funny.

This event is 21+ // Valid ID required for ENTRY
Doors 9:00 PM
Show 9:30 PM
Tickets $20 adv / $25 day of
UNFORTUNATELY, THERE IS NO LATE SEATING.
Seating begins 30-60 minutes before show time. We sit center and front sections first, side sections last. If you want a central seat, please arrive early. Show will begin no later than 15 minutes after showtime. No refunds for late entry.
NO REFUNDS, ONLY EXCHANGES FOR SHOW CREDIT
Wheelchair Accessibility: Please call the host at (617) 628-4444 to let you in through the elevator in The Gorin Building.

Small Pond & Otis Shanty
2025-05-03 19:00
Small Pond and Otis Shanty

Presented by Get To The Gig & MassConcerts
This event is 21+ // Valid ID required for ENTRY
Doors 7:00 PM
Show 8:00 PM
REFUNDS DETERMINED BY GET TO THE GIG
Wheelchair Accessibility: Please call the host at (617) 628-4444 to let you in through the elevator in The Gorin Building.

Lou Barlow & Bobby Bare Jr Acoustic Song Swap
2025-05-04 18:00
Lou Barlow & Bobby Bare Jr Acoustic Song Swap
Lou Barlow (Dinosaur Jr) & Bobby Bare Jr (GBV) present an old fashioned acoustic Song Swap

This event is All Ages // Valid ID required for alcohol consumption
Doors 6:00 PM
Show 7:00 PM
Tickets $30 adv / $35 day of
Show will begin no later than 15 minutes after showtime.
NO REFUNDS, ONLY EXCHANGES FOR SHOW CREDIT
Wheelchair Accessibility: Please call the host at (617) 628-4444 to let you in through the elevator in The Gorin Building.

Boston Fringe - Prince Yudith
2025-05-05 18:00, 2025-05-07 20:10
Boston Fringe presents Prince Yudith
Prince Yudith from Hertznia visits Boston with his servant Rufus for the first time.
By Luca Rugiero & Oliver Hallahan.

This event is All Ages, suggested Age is 16+ // Valid ID required for alcohol consumption
Show 1 – Monday May 5, 6:00 pm
Show 2 – Wednesday May 7, 8:10 pm
Show 3 – Saturday May 10, 6:00 pm
Tickets $15 / Festival Pass $75 for entry to EVERY BOSTON FRINGE SHOW!
NO REFUNDS.
Wheelchair Accessibility: Please call the host at (617) 628-4444 to let you in through the elevator in The Gorin Building.

Boston Fringe - Miss Route 1
2025-05-05 19:05, 2025-05-08 18:00, 2025-05-09 20:10
Boston Fringe presents Miss Route 1
Miss Route 1 is one of the oldest beauty pageants on the East Coast and draws uncouth characters and competitive energy. Be the judge of who wins the title of Miss Route 1!
Miss Route 1
By Deby Xiadani
With Emcee Jonathan Anderson
In collaboration with Bryce Flint-Somerville
Special Guest Opener Drew Zwetchkenbaum
Performed Friday, May 9, 2025 at 8:10pm
As part of the Boston Fringe
Special Thanks to Gemma Soldati, Clown Town, Liz, Zora, 11:11 Comedy and Show Me Your Bits!
Eternal gratitude to those who support me clowning and making faces

This event is All Ages, suggested Age is 16+ // Valid ID required for alcohol consumption
Show 1 – Monday May 5, 7:05 pm
Show 2 – Thursday May 8, 6:00 pm
Show 3 – Friday May 9, 8:10 pm
Tickets $15 / Festival Pass $75 for entry to EVERY BOSTON FRINGE SHOW!
NO REFUNDS.
Wheelchair Accessibility: Please call the host at (617) 628-4444 to let you in through the elevator in The Gorin Building.

Boston Fringe - Fidget. Spinster.
2025-05-05 20:10, 2025-05-07 19:05
Boston Fringe presents Fidget. Spinster.
Fidget. Spinster. is an extended standup show that pulls its perspective on modern dating from research, interviews with dating experts, and stories from the frontlines – good, bad, and exhausting.
This funny, insightful, relatable, and occasionally emotional show will appeal to fans of The New York Times’ Modern Love column, Blythe Roberson’s How to Date Men When You Date Men, and Lane Moore’s You Will Find Your People.

After years of writing about comedy, Amma decided to take to the stage – on the nudge of a dare set for her by her podcast co-hosts. In the years since, she’s developed an “anxious Black nerd” persona that creates a unique take on current events, life as a thirtysomething, and pop culture. Her strong writing and attentive timing have allowed her to work with comics like Eric Andre (Adult Swim, ABC), Jay Jurden (The Problem with Jon Stewart), Leslie Liao (Netflix), and Mia Jackson (Comedy Central).
This event is All Ages, suggested Age is 16+ // Valid ID required for alcohol consumption
Show 1 – Monday May 5, 8:10 pm
Show 2 – Wednesday May 7, 7:05 pm
Show 3 – Sunday May 11, 6:00 pm
Tickets $15 / Festival Pass $75 for entry to EVERY BOSTON FRINGE SHOW!
NO REFUNDS.
Wheelchair Accessibility: Please call the host at (617) 628-4444 to let you in through the elevator in The Gorin Building.

Boston Fringe - Taking A Drive
2025-05-05 21:15, 2025-05-09 18:00
Boston Fringe presents Taking A Drive
A night of driving around the neighborhood venting about their problems. These college aged besties sing through their strife on their way to their home away from home, the beach! Bullies, crushes, and anxiety come to haunt us all, but with friends and a view of the ocean you can figure it all out. So come along for the ride!
Sam Deluise and Paul Keegan are both 2023 Sacred Heart University Graduates who have a love for musicals and long drives. Follow them and the cast at @takingadrive on instagram!

This event is All Ages, suggested Age is 16+ // Valid ID required for alcohol consumption
Show 1 – Monday May 5, 9:15 pm
Show 2 – Friday May 9, 6:00 pm
Show 3 – Saturday May 10, 8:10 pm
Tickets $15 / Festival Pass $75 for entry to EVERY BOSTON FRINGE SHOW!
NO REFUNDS.
Wheelchair Accessibility: Please call the host at (617) 628-4444 to let you in through the elevator in The Gorin Building.

Boston Fringe - Jackie & Allison
2025-05-06 18:00, 2025-05-09 21:15
Boston Fringe presents Jackie & Allison
Time is running out! With a deadline fast approaching, Jackie and Allison, two corporate drones, discover a machine that shoves them into bizarre universes. An unpredictable ride for Jackie, Allison, and the audience…with no choice but to embrace the chaos of this wild, clown-fueled adventure.

Jackie & Allison are a comedy duo made up of comedians Jackie Skinner and Allison Villaseñor that originated in Brooklyn, NY. Even though Jackie moved to LA, these two best pals travel to perform clown, sketch, and improv together. Jackie & Allison Into the Multiverse has had sold out shows across the country and has been an official selection for Austin Sketch Fest 2024, Sketchfest Seattle 2024, NYC Sketch Fest 2024, Big Gator Comedy Festival 2024, Toronto Sketch Fest 2025, DC Sketch Fest 2025, New York Fringe 2025, and Boston Fringe 2025. www.jackieandallison.com
This event is All Ages, suggested Age is 16+ // Valid ID required for alcohol consumption
Show 1 – Tuesday May 6, 6:00 pm
Show 2 – Friday May 9, 9:15 pm
Show 3 – Sunday May 11, 7:05 pm
Tickets $15 / Festival Pass $75 for entry to EVERY BOSTON FRINGE SHOW!
NO REFUNDS.
Wheelchair Accessibility: Please call the host at (617) 628-4444 to let you in through the elevator in The Gorin Building.

Boston Fringe - Wrath of the Selkie
2025-05-06 19:05, 2025-05-08 20:10
Boston Fringe presents Wrath of the Selkie
WRATH OF THE SELKIE is a story of sea monsters, shapeshifters, and blood-soaked revenge, presented by nautical electro-folk band and performance art collective Thou Merciless Graves. Through a unique blend of live music, giant puppets, burlesque, and movement arts, this genre-bending maritime folktale follows the trials of the mythical Selkie as she pursues the monster who has stolen her skin, and the parallel odyssey of the songwriter’s cancer treatment.

“Thou Merciless Graves is more than a musician and more than a band. Thou Merciless Graves is an experience – what I can only describe as a nautical themed rock opera filled with storytelling, music, video clips, sound effects, and giant jellyfish.” – Trev Allen, The Struggling Artist Podcast.
www.thoumercilessgraves.com
https://thoumercilessgraves.bandcamp.com/
www.instagram.com/thoumercilessgraves/

This event is All Ages, suggested Age is 16+ // Valid ID required for alcohol consumption
Show 1 – Tuesday May 6, 7:05 pm
Show 2 – Thursday May 8, 8:10 pm
Show 3 – Saturday May 10, 11:25 pm (21+)
Tickets $15 / Festival Pass $75 for entry to EVERY BOSTON FRINGE SHOW!
NO REFUNDS.
Wheelchair Accessibility: Please call the host at (617) 628-4444 to let you in through the elevator in The Gorin Building.

Boston Fringe - Facts & Figures
2025-05-06 20:10, 2025-05-08 19:05
Boston Fringe presents Facts & Figures
Facts & Figures is a new experimental theater piece that blends a character-driven murder mystery with contemporary dance. When a government bureaucrat responds to a facility lockdown at F&F Pharmaceuticals, the last thing she expects to find is a dead body. Now she must uncover what’s going on before the killer, or something far more deadly, escapes.  In this layered mystery, you never know what twist, turn, or plié is just around the corner.

Crossed Wires Studio is a Somerville-based theater company focused on new works that defy theatrical conventions.
Facts & Figures is written and directed by Kevin Karol, and choreographed by Elena Morris.
Follow the journey on Instagram:
@crossedwires.studio
@elena_pearl
This event is All Ages, suggested Age is 16+ // Valid ID required for alcohol consumption
Show 1 – Tuesday May 6, 8:10 pm
Show 2 – Thursday May 8, 7:05 pm
Show 3 – Saturday May 10, 10:20 pm
Tickets $15
Festival Pass $75 for entry to EVERY BOSTON FRINGE SHOW!
NO REFUNDS.
Wheelchair Accessibility: Please call the host at (617) 628-4444 to let you in through the elevator in The Gorin Building.

Boston Fringe - AAPC
2025-05-06 21:15, 2025-05-07 21:15, 2025-05-09 19:05
Boston Fringe presents Spiritual Advisors: 4 Plays by the Asian American Playwright Collective
SPIRITUAL ADVISORS feature 4 visits from specters: a mysterious truthteller, a warrior goddess, a dream fairy, and a 7-year-old with curious arcane insight.
Our plays showcase both the breadth of AAPI stories by featuring various cultures (Philippines, Taiwan), family dynamics, surviving Western stereotypes, and sometimes most importantly, giving AAPI actors the room to play characters previously forbidden to them.

The Asian-American Playwright Collective (AAPC) is a group of Boston-based playwrights who have banded together to nurture, develop, and promote new work by Asian-American playwrights in the Boston area.
@aapcboston (instagram, facebook, substack)

This event is All Ages, suggested Age is 16+ // Valid ID required for alcohol consumption
Show 1 – Tuesday May 6, 9:15 pm
Show 2 – Wednesday May 7, 9:15 pm
Show 3 – Friday May 9, 7:05 pm
Tickets $15 / Festival Pass $75 for entry to EVERY BOSTON FRINGE SHOW!
NO REFUNDS.
Wheelchair Accessibility: Please call the host at (617) 628-4444 to let you in through the elevator in The Gorin Building.

Boston Fringe - Show Me Your Bits with Jonathan Anderson
2025-05-07 18:00, 2025-05-09 22:20
Boston Fringe presents Show Me Your Bits with Jonathan Anderson
Comedian Jonathan Anderson brings his funniest friends in Boston comedy to perform their best bits before they face follow up questions from the host and the audience! Standup! Characters! Improv! Sketch! Music! Magic! Alcohol! Come to this!
Jonathan Anderson is a standup/sketch/improv comedian who’s been performing all over New England and abroad for over 5 years. He directs shows, sketches and short films with the production group ‘I Don’t Care For This’
Follow him @jonathan.r.anderson_
Follow I Don’t Care For This @idc4thiscomedy
This event is All Ages, suggested Age is 16+ // Valid ID required for alcohol consumption
Show 1 – Wednesday May 7, 6:00 pm
Show 2 – Friday May 9, 10:20 pm
Show 3 – Saturday May 10, 9:15 pm
Tickets $15 / Festival Pass $75 for entry to EVERY BOSTON FRINGE SHOW!
NO REFUNDS.
Wheelchair Accessibility: Please call the host at (617) 628-4444 to let you in through the elevator in The Gorin Building.

Boston Fringe - Bryce Flint-Somerville
2025-05-08 21:15
Boston Fringe presents Barroz by Bryce Flint-Somerville
In this offbeat exploration of transformation and wonder, Bryce Flint-Somerville takes us on a hilarious and interactive adventure of the absurd.

This event is All Ages, suggested Age is 16+ // Valid ID required for alcohol consumption
Show 1 – Thursday May 8, 9:15 pm
Show 2 – Saturday May 10, 7:05 pm
Show 3 – Sunday May 11, 8:10 pm
Tickets $15 / Festival Pass $75 for entry to EVERY BOSTON FRINGE SHOW!
NO REFUNDS.
Wheelchair Accessibility: Please call the host at (617) 628-4444 to let you in through the elevator in The Gorin Building.

Boston Fringe - Judy Punches Back
2025-05-10 11:20
Judy Punches Back
By Sarah Nolen
After being pushed around for almost 400 years, the famous hand puppet heroine Judy, has had enough! Cheer for her as she goes on a quest for respect, justice, and a well-deserved
nap. Watch as Judy makes her way through this crazy world, doing her best to stay sane. This modern interpretation of the traditional “Punch and Judy” show is a hilarious, timely, hand-crafted farce that the whole family will enjoy!
Sarah Nolen is known for creating versatile, witty, imaginative productions that inspire people of all ages. She performs regularly for youth and family audiences and teaches puppetry workshops for all ages. Sarah has appeared in the National Puppet Slam, at the Puppets in the Green Mountains Festival, and the Out of Bounds Comedy Festival. She has toured internationally to Spain, Turkey, and Canada. Sarah earned her BFA in Cinema-Television from Southern Methodist University, and her MFA in Puppet Arts from the University of Connecticut.

This event is All Ages // Valid ID required for alcohol consumption
<60 minutes
Show 1 (and only) – Saturday May 10, 11:20 am
Tickets are $15 / Festival Pass $75 for entry to EVERY BOSTON FRINGE SHOW!
NO REFUNDS.
Wheelchair Accessibility: Please call the host at (617) 628-4444 to let you in through the elevator in The Gorin Building.

Boston Fringe - Twelve // UnHinged & Bumblef*cked
2025-05-10 12:40
Boston Fringe presents
Twelve
By Kyle Smith
Experience the singularity of a completely improvised and collaborative musical composition that will only exist for this one brief moment in time. Come, be a part of 12.
UnHinged & Bumblef*cked
By Kristin Zee
UnHinged & Bumblef*cked takes you on an uproarious journey through musical comedian Kristin Zee’s dysfunctional dating patterns, which persist despite her 8 years of therapy and counting! With outrageous anecdotes from dating life and original songs like “Too Much Penis” and “Ballad of the Red Flags”, UnHinged & Bumblef*cked gives comic relief to those who also suffer in today’s dating dystopia, both on the apps and off!
Follow Kristin Zee on Instagram! @thekristinzee
https://www.instagram.com/thekristinzee/
This event is 18+ // Valid ID required for alcohol consumption
Each show is around 25 minutes, with a 5-10 minute transition, for a total of 60 minutes
Show 1 – Saturday May 10, 12:40 pm
Show 2 – Sunday May 11, 2:00 pm

Tickets are $15 total and provides entry for both shows for the full hour / Festival Pass $75 for entry to EVERY BOSTON FRINGE SHOW!
NO REFUNDS.
Wheelchair Accessibility: Please call the host at (617) 628-4444 to let you in through the elevator in The Gorin Building.

Boston Fringe: Rhymes with Orange // Infraordinary
2025-05-10 14:00
Boston Fringe presents
Land Land La by Rhymes with Orange
Have you ever glanced at a cup of water in a vulnerable, permeable mood and thought: “god, I’d love to breathe that”? This is a completely unheard of but, for our purposes, universal phenomenon which is caused by our oceanic origins as a species. Using state of the distant past techniques in aquatic stupidity, we will stage the critical drama of our evolutionary past: the transition from sea to land. Land Land La is an epic-action-drama-improv spectacle of excited proportions in which you experience sea creatures experiencing an experience.

Rhymes With Orange is a multimedia improv performance art collective from New York! You can find us on instagram at @rhymeswithorange_rmo.
Infraordinary
By Elizabeth Stone and Will Newschafer
Infraordinary features four character-driven sketches, each followed by a brief monologue that adds depth and continuity. The show is performed by two actors, with each taking on recurring roles that carry through each sketch, creating a subtle narrative thread. While each scene stands on its own, the connecting thread builds a unique structure that blends absurdity with character exploration.

Created by Elizabeth Stone and Will Newschafer – two best friends at Emerson College who are thrilled to be performing in Boston Fringe. Follow them on Instagram @_estone and @will_newschafer

This event is All Ages, suggested Age is 18+ // Valid ID required for alcohol consumption
Each show is 25 minutes, with a 5 minute transition period
Show 1 – Saturday May 10, 2:00 pm
Show 2 – Sunday May 11, 4:40 pm

Tickets $15 for BOTH SHOWS / Festival Pass $75 for entry to EVERY BOSTON FRINGE SHOW!
NO REFUNDS.
Wheelchair Accessibility: Please call the host at (617) 628-4444 to let you in through the elevator in The Gorin Building.

Boston Fringe - 50% Nonverbal // Me'leven
2025-05-10 15:20
Boston Fringe presents
50% Nonverbal
By C. Neil Parsons
Interdisciplinary performance artist C. Neil Parsons offers a solo variety show that is part storytelling, part TEDtalk, part musical act, and part physical theatre. In between musical/choreographic interludes with a trombone, Neil relates *mostly* true stories about his personal relationship to silence, what happens when his sleep alter-ego takes over, and why an experimental composer created music in pictures without telling anyone how it should sound.

Bass trombonist, dancer, and actor C. Neil Parsons has spent a lifetime on stage, appearing in his first professional theatre production at age three. Extensive touring has taken Neil to theaters and performing arts centers in 45 states and to dozens of Fringe Festivals across North America and Edinburgh, Scotland. Neil teaches in the Theater, Dance, and Music divisions of Boston Conservatory at Berklee.
Me’leven
By Grace Elin
Me’leven was originally conceived as a short and performed on the Rockwell stage as part of the Boston variety show, The Kerfuffle. After receiving such a positive response, Grace Elin decided to expand the short to a full length one woman show for the Providence Fringe Festival last summer. Finding the balance between comedy and tragedy, Grace explores a few intimate moments of her life through a handful or stories, in hopes to inspire her audience to do the same. Sometimes life gives us the opportunity to take a leap, and it is in those moments when we are truly channeling our purest joy, our inner strength, and our 11yr old self. Having Me’leven return to the stage where it was created is undoubtably another moment in Grace’s life that has turned to 11.

Grace Elin is a Boston native who dabbles in all facets of performance, comedy, and life. Find her currently exploring it all and sharing her discoveries @graceelinftw on Instagram.

This event is All Ages, suggested Age is 18+ // Valid ID required for alcohol consumption
Each show is around 25 minutes, with a 5-10 minute transition, for a total of 60 minutes
Show 1 – Saturday May 10, 3:20 pm
Show 2 – Sunday May 11, 12:40 pm

Tickets are $15 total and provides entry for both shows for the full hour / Festival Pass $75 for entry to EVERY BOSTON FRINGE SHOW!
NO REFUNDS.
Wheelchair Accessibility: Please call the host at (617) 628-4444 to let you in through the elevator in The Gorin Building.

Boston Fringe - Wild Blue // SALVAGE
2025-05-10 16:40
Boston Fringe presents
Wild Blue
By Sky Nockels
Many people are deeply frightened by the political state of the US, but the 2024 election results were no surprise to transgender comedian Sky Nockels who grew up in South Dakota, a mystical land reminiscent of the first 20 minutes of Wizard of Oz. Equal parts hilarious and harrowing, Wild Blue is a short stand up special/manifesto about flyover states and why you should care about them. Hear strange tales about stranger characters and maybe learn a little something too.
Sky Nockels is a Boston-based Comedian, Producer, Writer, and Activist. Follow her on insta at @nockel_sandwich and @11.11comedy
SALVAGE
By Alexandria Nunweiler and Calvin Hitchcock
If your coach led you in a group prayer before a ball game,
Or you were cast as a donkey in your church’s Christmas pageant.
If you know who Bob the Tomato and Larry the Cucumber are,
Then we have a show for you!
SALVAGE is a dance / theater work-in-progress deconstructing the funny, ridiculous, harmful and beautiful practices of non-denominational American Christianity. It unpacks deep-seeded religious traumas with a smile as it strips consumerism, perfectionism, and white nationalism away from the faith itself. With direction and choreography by Alexandria Nunweiler and music by Calvin Hitchcock, the show invites all of us to gather, decipher, and sew together the salvageable pieces of ourselves.

Instagram: @nunweilertanz

This event is All Ages, suggested Age is 18+ // Valid ID required for alcohol consumption
Each show is around 25 minutes, with a 5-10 minute transition, for a total of 60 minutes
Show 1 – Saturday May 10, 4:40 pm
Show 2 – Sunday May 11, 3:20 pm

Tickets are $15 total and provides entry for both shows for the full hour / Festival Pass $75 for entry to EVERY BOSTON FRINGE SHOW!
NO REFUNDS.
Wheelchair Accessibility: Please call the host at (617) 628-4444 to let you in through the elevator in The Gorin Building.
